Automatic disk change apparatus and disk tray for the apparatus.

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EP 0 717 405 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	01.10.1997 Bulletin 1997/40

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	19.06.1996 Bulletin 1996/25

(21)	Application number: 95119742.5

(22)	Date of filing: 14.12.1995

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: G11B 17/22

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

14.12.1994 JP 310394/94
10.03.1995 JP 51257/95
27.06.1995 JP 160420/95
29.06.1995 JP 163452/95

(71)	Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
	Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571 (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Fujita, Makoto Ikoma-shi, Nara 630-02 (JP) Fukushima, Yasuhisa Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573 (JP) Naoki, Goro Higashiosaka-shi, Osaka 578 (JP) Umeda, Yoshio Kobe-shi, Hyogo 654-01 (JP) Ezawa, Kozo Katano-shi, Osaka 576 (JP)

(74)	Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät
	Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München 80538 München (DE)

(54)	Automatic disk change apparatus and disk tray for the apparatus.

(57) An automatic disk changer comprises a recording/reproducing device capable of operating a reproducing-only disk and a recording/reproducing possible disk, disk trays which can be placed on said recording/reproducing device, and each of which has a disk-type discriminating means able to discriminating the type of the disk whether the disk could be a reproducing-only disk or a recording/reproducing possible disk, a tray storage holding the disk trays, and a tray carrier able to pull-out/insert the disk trays from/into the tray storage and able to transport the disk tray to/from the recording/reproducing device.

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